Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 06:32:55 01/16/03
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On January 16, 2003 at 09:12:37, Bob Durrett wrote:
>On January 15, 2003 at 22:54:37, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>
>>======================================================================
>>URI's PROGRAM "MOVEI" BEAT A VASTLY WEAKER PLAYER and THEREFORE MOVEI's
>>PROVISONAL RATING WENT DOWN AND URI IS UPSET ABOUT IT.
>>======================================================================
>>Uri,
>>
>>There is no other way to initiate a provisinal rating without subjecting the
>>entire rating system to substantial abuse. Player will quickly figure out an
>>abuse scheme to manipulate their rating to be higher and in some cases
>>subtantially higher.
>>
>>For some unknown reasons, wherever rating systems are introduced , players
>>(especially males) quickly equate their rating with perhaps the size of their
>>bank account and/or penis size and many frantically scheme how to get their
>>rating higher by ANY MEANS - cheating is a common method employed. I believe
>>this is done to impress the opposite sex , but I am not convinced as the
>>bragging is often made to the same sex.
>
>The behavior of humans sometimes is remarkably similar to many animals,
>including deer.
>
>During a certain season of the year, male deer become very aggressive and
>"fight" with other males for the females. This behavior appears to be genetic.
>
>A large percentage of the genes of humans are the same as those of other
>mammals, including deer. The same genes, which make deer behave that way, also
>seem to be in humans, although possibly with some modifications.
>
>The presence of large amounts of testosterone in young human males is probably
>the root cause of much criminal behavior. This hormone, combined with the
>genetic factors mentioned above, causes many strange behaviors, such as
>competing using 32 pieces of wood on an 8x8 squares board. If one is objective,
>one must recognize that pushing pieces of wood on a board is really stupid.
>
>Modern man has become really screwed up. Now they compete and play ego games
>with chess programs! This can only be explained as a really weird perversion of
>the original intent of the genes in question. These genes originally served to
>promote the well being of the species.
>
>Weird, weird, weird!
>
>Bob D.
Moderation! Objection! Achtung!!!
This is absolutely off-topic! Such aggression has nothing to do with chess!
:)
Kind regards,
Rolf Tueschen
>
>
>>
>>My suggestion is to play Movei for FUN - who gives a hoot what Movei's rating is
>>on ICC - nobody here does (except for you) and remember - this is not about the
>>rating - it's about chess.
>>
>>Good Luck with your program
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
>>On January 14, 2003 at 10:43:20, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>{Game 494 (MoveiXX vs. ACCIDENTE) ACCIDENTE resigns} 1-0
>>>Blitz rating adjustment: 2635 --> 2602
>>>
>>>Movei won a game and lost rating.
>>>
>>>Uri
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